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Bedlam erupts on the Brooklyn Bridge.
“It’s like a football field of vendors,” said Lower East Sider Katie Raffa, 33. “Someday, this is going to cause a stampede. I think it’s very dangerous and very concerning.”
The rising black-market pandemonium has exploded on the bridge since the city moved cyclists to a protected lane on the roadway two years ago.
Illegal vendors — and few legal ones — quickly filled the void and today grab any free spot they can commandeer, setting up umbrellas, tables filled with all manner of tchotchkes, galleries of paintings, and 360-degree photo booths for tourists that blast “Empire State of Mind.”
On a recent afternoon, cocktail vendors quietly advertised their illicit drinks by displaying a metal bin filled with margarita ingredients, including bottles of Jose Cuervo silver and gold tequila, Jose Cuervo margarita mix, lemon juice, and salt.
For $15, a bartender dumped the silver tequila and other ingredients into a miniature metal cocktail shaker with ice, which she then poured into 10-ounce plastic cups.
“You got to evolve, you got to ride the wave,” one of the margarita vendors said.
The State Liquor Authority said it had not approved any alcohol sales on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the vendors hid their hooch when a Sanitation Department worker passed by.
“The laws don’t apply for me,” the vendor crowed.
Legal vendors are infuriated by the illegal competitors.
Jose Loor, 56, last year got a disabled veteran license to peddle T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with Big Apple designs on the bridge.
“The more space you create, the more people are going to come. That’s just the facts,” he said. “It’s congested and difficult because you’re fighting with immigrants out here.”
Mona Bruno, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation, which in May proposed a rule banning all vending on the city’s bridges, said the agency is working to address issues with hawkers and maintain pedestrian flow.
nypost.com
Comment:
NYC is getting worse.
The crime is out of control.
Eventually the productive taxpaying citizens will flee the dysfunctional dystopian city.
They need to get control of the situation before it's too late.
“It’s like a football field of vendors,” said Lower East Sider Katie Raffa, 33. “Someday, this is going to cause a stampede. I think it’s very dangerous and very concerning.”
The rising black-market pandemonium has exploded on the bridge since the city moved cyclists to a protected lane on the roadway two years ago.
Illegal vendors — and few legal ones — quickly filled the void and today grab any free spot they can commandeer, setting up umbrellas, tables filled with all manner of tchotchkes, galleries of paintings, and 360-degree photo booths for tourists that blast “Empire State of Mind.”
On a recent afternoon, cocktail vendors quietly advertised their illicit drinks by displaying a metal bin filled with margarita ingredients, including bottles of Jose Cuervo silver and gold tequila, Jose Cuervo margarita mix, lemon juice, and salt.
For $15, a bartender dumped the silver tequila and other ingredients into a miniature metal cocktail shaker with ice, which she then poured into 10-ounce plastic cups.
“You got to evolve, you got to ride the wave,” one of the margarita vendors said.
The State Liquor Authority said it had not approved any alcohol sales on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the vendors hid their hooch when a Sanitation Department worker passed by.
“The laws don’t apply for me,” the vendor crowed.
Legal vendors are infuriated by the illegal competitors.
Jose Loor, 56, last year got a disabled veteran license to peddle T-shirts and hoodies emblazoned with Big Apple designs on the bridge.
“The more space you create, the more people are going to come. That’s just the facts,” he said. “It’s congested and difficult because you’re fighting with immigrants out here.”
Mona Bruno, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation, which in May proposed a rule banning all vending on the city’s bridges, said the agency is working to address issues with hawkers and maintain pedestrian flow.
Dozens of vendors still swarm Brooklyn Bridge in free-for-all — selling illegal cocktails, pics with live snake: photos
The Post took to the sky last week to document the vending chaos spanning the 1.14-mile-long historic landmark.
nypost.com
Comment:
NYC is getting worse.
The crime is out of control.
Eventually the productive taxpaying citizens will flee the dysfunctional dystopian city.
They need to get control of the situation before it's too late.
